17, High Street

No. 17 is a cottage located on High Street in East Budleigh, likely built in the 19th century. It features plastered cob on stone rubble footings and has a stone rubble or brick stack topped with 19th-century brick, along with a thatched roof. The cottage has a two-room plan and does not directly face High Street; instead, it is constructed from a rear block of No. 15 High Street, which it adjoins on the east side, and it actually faces Hayes Lane to the north. The left room includes a front corner stack that is part of the party wall with No. 15. The building is two storeys high and has irregular fenestration, with two ground floor casements and one first floor casement, all featuring glazing bars. The roof connects to No. 15 on the left and is half-hipped on the right side. The right end of the cottage has a 20th-century door with a contemporary casement window above it. Inside, there are no exposed carpentry details on the ground floor, and the roof has not been inspected. Although No. 17 does not sit directly on High Street, it is part of a group of varied and attractive buildings, many of which are listed, that line High Street as it rises towards the Church of All Saints.